Essays about: "Policy Decision Point"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 54 essays containing the words Policy Decision Point.

  1. 16. Cash is [no longer] king: is an e-krona the answer? : - a de lege ferenda investigation of the Swedish Riksbank's issuing mandate and other legal callenges in relation to economic effects on the payment market

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten; Linköpings universitet/Affärsrätt

    Author : Arnela Imamovic; [2019]
    Keywords : E-crown; e-crown project; central bank digital currency; money; cash; banknotes and coins; physical money; tangibles; currency; legal tender; the Swedish Riksbank Act; commercial bank money; digital money; the Swedish Riksbank; central bank; commercial bank; bank; banking law; law; jurisprudence; monetary policy; safe and efficient payment system; cash-provision; economy; the payment system; digitalization; development of society; fractional reserve banking; bank run; zero lower bound; E-krona; e-kronaprojekt; digital centralbankspeng; pengar; kontanter; sedlar och mynt; fysiska pengar; valuta; lagliga betalningsmedel; affärsbankspengar; digitala pengar; Riksbanken; centralbank; affärsbank; bank; bankrätt; juridik; Lag 1988:1385 om Sveriges riksbank; penningpolitik; säkert och effektivt betalningsväsende; kontantförsörjning; ekonomi; betalningssystemet; digitalisering; samhällsutveckling; fractional reserve banking; bankrusning; zero lower bound;

    Abstract : For the past decades, the Swedish public’s payment habits have changed, where the majority of the public has abandoned the old way of making payments, using cash, and instead opted for more modern payment solutions, digital money. The difference between cash and digital money is that cash is physical and only issued by the Riksbank, whereas digital money is created by and stored on accounts at commercial banks. READ MORE

  3. 17. Knowledge and Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation in the Infrastructure Sector in Nunavut, Canada

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Timothy Giger; Kelly Ramsauer; [2019]
    Keywords : Nunavut; Arctic; Climate Change Adaptation; Infrastructure; Knowledge; Implementation; Policy; Climate-Sensitive Infrastructure; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Arctic is at the forefront of climate change and is considered to be the most at risk, warming at twice the rate of the global annual average. The environment and its inhabitants are and will be subjected to deep transformational shifts, with changes in temperature and climate having potentially worldwide repercussions. READ MORE

  4. 18. A poststructural policy analysis of the United Kingdom's natural capital approach

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Callum Martin; [2019]
    Keywords : natural capital; environmental governance; poststructural policy analysis; environmental justice; WPR approach;

    Abstract : The natural capital approach (NCA) has increasingly become mainstream in environmental governance. This approach involves highlighting the economic value of the natural environment in order to make better informed decisions. Despite its mainstreaming and growing appeal, critical voices endure. READ MORE

  5. 19. Transforming air travel behavior in the face of climate change : Incentives and barriers in a Swedish setting

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Lisa Jacobson; [2018]
    Keywords : air travel; behavioral change; climate change; sustainability; transformation;

    Abstract : Air travel accounts for a major share of individual greenhouse gas emissions in high-income countries. Technical development alone will not be sufficient to meet international climate goals if air travel continues to increase as predicted. Behavioral change is thus essential. READ MORE

  6. 20. Resistance Stories: An experience-centred narrative analysis of the political biographies of asylum rights activists opposing the post-2015 migration regime in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Marcus Bornlid; [2018]
    Keywords : migration; securitisation; collective identity; narrative research; social movements; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The autumn of 2015 constituted a major break with the prior migration regime in Sweden, as the government implemented temporary migration laws in order to curb the large-scale arrival of migrants, which had taken the authorities by surprise at the time. Following this, the question of migration has gradually to a greater extent come to be framed as a threat by government officials and the political parties, suggesting that restrictive policies are imperative to maintain the country’s security. READ MORE